Everyone at the Table Ordered Beer. You Don't Drink. One Sentence Ends It on the First Ask.
To say I can't drink alcohol in Japanese, say お酒、飲めないんです (osake, nomenai n desu).
Everyone just ordered beer, you don't drink, and you can already feel the next three rounds of being asked.
お酒、飲めないんです
osake, nomenai n desu
I can't drink alcohol
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Your Yakiniku Grill Went Black in Ten Minutes. You Are Not Supposed to Keep Cooking on That.
ami, otorikae shimashou ka? · Shall I change the grill for you?
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Two Kyoto Buses at the Same Stop Have the Same Number. One of Them Is Going the Long Way Round.
kono basu wa Kinkaku-ji ni ikimasu ka? · Does this bus go to Kinkaku-ji?
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Wallet Gone, No Way Home. The Japanese Police Box Has a Form for This.
kaeri no denshachin o kashite itadakemasen ka. · Could you lend me the fare to get home?
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You Nodded at One Polite Question. That Is Why Your Food Is Arriving One Plate Every Eight Minutes.
o-ryōri wa issho ni onegai shimasu · The food all together, please.
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- You Buy a Cake in Tokyo in August and the Shop Asks How Long You Will Be Carrying It. They Are Counting Ice Packs. · sanjuppun kurai desu.
- One Question at a Japanese Register Decides Whether Your Food Comes in a Bag or on a Tray · ie, mochikaeri desu.
- Your Glasses Went Crooked in Kyoto. The Right Glasses Chain Straightens Them at the Counter, Usually Free. · megane no chousei, onegai dekimasu ka?
- Some Ramen Shops Upsize Your Noodles for Free. They'll Never Offer It in English. · ōmori de onegaishimasu
- The Beef Jerky in Your Bag Is a Criminal Offence at Japanese Arrivals · iie, motte imasen
- Your Lunch Set Comes With Coffee. In Japan It Turns Up Next to the Soup. · shokugo ni onegai shimasu.
- You Bought Trousers in Tokyo and They're Ten Centimetres Too Long. The Shop Fixes That Before You Leave. · susoage dekimasu ka?
- Every Japanese Department Store Has a Free Room With a Sofa and Hot Water. It's Not on the English Floor Map. · omutsu-gae no basho wa arimasu ka?
- You Ask a Japanese Drugstore for Sunburn Cream and Get Sent Back to the Sunscreen. One Word Fixes It. · hiyake de hirihiri suru n desu
- The Bill Is Paid and Nobody Is Standing Up. Japan Has a Word for What Happens Next. · mou ikken ikimasen ka?
- You Pull Into a Japanese Gas Station and Three People in Uniform Run at Your Car. · regyuraa mantan de onegai shimasu
- Two Minutes Into Your Taxi Ride the Driver Asks a Question. Nodding Costs You Money. · kōsoku, tsukaimasu ka?
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